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1300Medicine: examining urine
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1300The medieval Church
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1300Medieval Surgery
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1300Rural life: the lazy ploughman
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1301Friar playing music
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1308Dante's Divine Comedy
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1310Harvesting acorns
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1315Living and dead Princes
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1320Noah in the Holkham Bible
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1325Apothecary shop
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1325City walls
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1330Lord at supper
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1330Peasants work the land
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1335The Last Judgement
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1337Hundred Years War
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1348Demons fall into Hell
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1348Chronicle of the Black Death
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1350Genesis picture book
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1360Medieval encyclopedia
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1375Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
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1381Peasants' Revolt
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1385Scottish freedom
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1390English cookery manuscript
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Intro
Many bibles from the Middle Ages are beautifully illustrated with large pictures showing the stories of the old and new testaments. In this richly decorated 'picture book' there are images of God creating the earth, of the Tower of Babel and of many other scenes from Genesis. Here we see Lamech killing Cain with bow and arrow; the death of the boy Jabal, and below Noah and family entering the ark. The images dominate the pages, suggesting that the book was used for instruction and education.
Shelfmark: Egerton 1894
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